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Test no. 1431

The Ashes - 2nd Test
Australia v England

1998/99 season

Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, on 28,29,30 November 1998 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 7 wickets


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Butcher	c Healy b Fleming	0	14	10	0	0	0.00
	MA Atherton	c Healy b McGrath	1	26	18	0	0	5.55
	N Hussain	c Healy b McGrath	6	28	24	0	0	25.00
	AJ Stewart	b McGrath	38	58	29	4	0	131.03
	MR Ramprakash	c Taylor b Fleming	26	97	60	1	0	43.33
	JP Crawley	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	4	22	17	0	0	23.52
	GA Hick	c Healy b Gillespie	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	DG Cork	c Taylor b Fleming	2	13	13	0	0	15.38
	AJ Tudor	not out	18	49	30	1	0	60.00
	D Gough	c ME Waugh b Fleming	11	23	24	0	0	45.83
	AD Mullally	c Healy b Fleming	0	10	9	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 2, w 2, nb 2)	6

	Total	(all out; 39 overs; 180 mins)	112	(2.87 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Butcher, 3.2 ov), 2-4 (Atherton, 6.2 ov), 3-19 (Hussain, 10.4 ov), 4-62 (Stewart, 18.1 ov), 5-74 (Crawley, 23.3 ov), 6-74 (Hick, 23.5 ov), 7-81 (Cork, 26.6 ov), 8-90 (Ramprakash, 30.3 ov), 9-108 (Gough, 36.3 ov), 10-112 (Mullally, 38.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	16	4	37	3	2.31	(1w)
DW Fleming	14	3	46	5	3.28	(1nb)
JN Gillespie	7	0	23	2	3.28	(1nb, 1w)
CR Miller	2	0	4	0	2.00


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Taylor	c Stewart b Cork	61	187	144	6	0	42.36
	MJ Slater	c Butcher b Gough	34	102	70	6	0	48.57
	JL Langer	c Crawley b Ramprakash	15	56	40	2	0	37.50
	ME Waugh	c Butcher b Tudor	36	203	130	4	0	27.69
	JN Gillespie	c Stewart b Mullally	11	86	71	0	0	15.49
	SR Waugh	b Tudor	33	78	61	6	0	54.09
	RT Ponting	c Stewart b Tudor	11	32	18	0	0	61.11
	IA Healy	lbw b Gough	12	6	7	2	0	171.42
	DW Fleming	c Hick b Gough	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	CR Miller	not out	3	16	5	0	0	60.00
	GD McGrath	c Cork b Tudor	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 13)	24

	Total	(all out; 89.2 overs; 389 mins)	240	(2.68 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-81 (Slater, 24.3 ov), 2-115 (Langer, 37.3 ov), 3-138 (Taylor, 43.5 ov), 4-165 (Gillespie, 64.4 ov), 5-209 (SR Waugh, 83.4 ov), 6-214 (ME Waugh, 85.3 ov), 7-228 (Healy, 86.4 ov), 8-228 (Fleming, 86.5 ov), 9-239 (Ponting, 89.1 ov), 10-240 (McGrath, 89.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	25	9	43	3	1.72	(3nb)
DG Cork	21	5	49	1	2.33	(3nb)
AJ Tudor	20.2	5	89	4	4.37	(7nb)
AD Mullally	21	10	36	1	1.71
MR Ramprakash	2	0	12	1	6.00


England 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Butcher	c Ponting b Fleming	1	13	15	0	0	6.66
	MA Atherton	c Taylor b Fleming	35	82	56	6	0	62.50
	N Hussain	lbw b Fleming	1	15	14	0	0	7.14
	AJ Stewart	c Taylor b Fleming	0	8	5	0	0	0.00
	MR Ramprakash	not out	47	270	184	5	0	25.54
	JP Crawley	c Langer b Miller	15	63	45	0	0	33.33
	GA Hick	c Ponting b Gillespie	68	99	73	8	2	93.15
	DG Cork	lbw b Gillespie	16	47	31	1	0	51.61
	AJ Tudor	c Healy b Gillespie	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	D Gough	lbw b Gillespie	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	AD Mullally	b Gillespie	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(nb 8)	8

	Total	(all out; 70.2 overs; 309 mins)	191	(2.71 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Butcher, 3.4 ov), 2-11 (Hussain, 7.3 ov), 3-15 (Stewart, 9.2 ov), 4-40 (Atherton, 19.4 ov), 5-67 (Crawley, 35.2 ov), 6-158 (Hick, 58.3 ov), 7-189 (Cork, 68.3 ov), 8-189 (Tudor, 68.5 ov), 9-189 (Gough, 68.6 ov), 10-191 (Mullally, 70.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	26	10	47	0	1.80	(1nb)
DW Fleming	19	7	45	4	2.36	(1nb)
JN Gillespie	15.2	2	88	5	5.73	(6nb)
CR Miller	10	4	11	1	1.10


Australia 2nd innings (target: 64 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Slater	c & b Gough	17	40	38	1	0	44.73
	MA Taylor	c Hick b Mullally	3	22	15	0	0	20.00
	JL Langer	c Atherton b Tudor	7	40	21	0	0	33.33
	ME Waugh	not out	17	57	37	2	0	45.94
	SR Waugh	not out	15	35	29	2	0	51.72
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5

	Total	(3 wickets; 23 overs; 101 mins)	64	(2.78 runs per over)

Did not bat RT Ponting,

IA Healy, CR Miller, DW Fleming, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-16 (Taylor, 5.5 ov), 2-24 (Slater, 10.2 ov), 3-36 (Langer, 15.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	9	5	18	1	2.00
AD Mullally	9	0	24	1	2.66
AJ Tudor	5	0	19	1	3.80	(2nb)

Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debut AJ Tudor (England)
Player of the match DW Fleming (Australia)

Umpires DJ Harper and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire TA Prue
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)

Close of play
28 Nov day 1 - Australia 1st innings 150/3 (ME Waugh 19*, JN Gillespie 5*, 49 ov)
29 Nov day 2 - England 2nd innings 126/5 (MR Ramprakash 26*, GA Hick 42*, 47 ov)
30 Nov day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 64/3 (23 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Test Umpiring Debut: DJ Harper
Twelfth Men: MS Kasprowicz (Australia) and DW Headley (England)

Day 1:
Lunch: England 76/6 (Ramprakash 22*, Cork 0*, 25 overs)
Tea: England 112, Australia 35/0 (Taylor 16*, Slater 16*, 13 overs)
On 38, Stewart passed 1000 Test runs for the 1998 calendar year
England 100 off 34.3 overs
DW Fleming 1st Test 5 wicket haul
Australia 100 off 33.3 overs
MA Taylor 50 in 157 mins, off 122 balls, 5x4, brought up his 50 with a four off Ramprakash, 39th Test 50

Day 2:
Lunch: Australia 194/4 (SR Waugh 19*, ME Waugh 34*, 79 overs)
Tea: Australia 240, England 19/3 (Atherton 16*, Ramprakash 0*, 13 overs)
Australia 200 off 81.4 overs
England 100 off 42.3 overs

Day 3:
Lunch: England 191
GA Hick 50 off 54 balls, 5x4, 2x6, 16th Test 50
Upon taking the catch of Tudor, Healy broke the record for most catches by any player in Test cricket (prev. RW Marsh, 343 catches)
JN Gillespie 3rd Test 5 wicket haul

Match Attendance 45,922

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